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Nah, if it's in the city (or in a small town with 4 lane roads and low speed limits), you'll see semis use the left lane for the same reason I do: the right lane stops a lot due to right turns.
Then the left lane stops prerry much every time someone needs to make an uprotected left.
I find this scenario extremely rare as in most cases I'm envisioning, there is a middle turn lane separating the two opposite lanes. Either from a light or just as a buffer between the flows of traffic.
This is all to say, there aren't any hard and fast rules and there are too many scenarios to cover with a blanket statement like "The left lane is for passing. If you're not passing somebody, move over to the right lane. It's not that hard people" (comment above).
victorz said it more succinctly below.
That's fine. That means you're passing the cars in the right lane that are slowing to make a turn.
If I'm going straight, or right eventually, I wouldn't use the left lane to pass people when driving in the city. That's just lane surfing and not very safe driving.
I don't think it's lane surfing if you're not changing lanes. Anyway, this comment section has made me realize that it always just depends. Drive aware, keep safe distance, don't unnecessarily change lanes, let people pass (on the left) if they're going faster than you, etc.
The best advice I ever got about driving was "be predictable." I think if anyone really takes that to heart empathetically then it would be safer.
No, definitely not. It's only lane surfing if you're changing lanes to pass. Sorry, I thought that was the implication.
Yes, agree completely. ❤️
Exactly. That person understands traffic. So many times people will decelerate very rapidly to stop and give way for me (because it's a place where they are supposed to). But because they are coming at such speed, it doesn't look like they'll stop in time and it makes me react by breaking suddenly.
People need to look far, and break early and slowly. Be predictable and have clear car body language.
👌👌 You and I are on the same page.